12 You have made us like sheep which are taken for meat; we are put to flight among the nations.
13 You let your people go for nothing; your wealth is not increased by their price.
14 You have made us to be looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and shamed by those who are round about us.
15 Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.
16 My downfall is ever before me, and I am covered with the shame of my face;
17 Because of the voice of him who says sharp and bitter words; because of the hater and him who is the instrument of punishment.
18 All this has come on us, but still we have kept you in our memory; and we have not been false to your word.
